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There is no official word from the team, but Jay Glazer — the Fox Sports NFL reporter who worked out with Chris Johnson this offseason — reported Monday afternoon that Johnson has a fractured tibia, suffered when he took a helmet to his leg during Sunday’s game in San Francisco. (Multiple reports have since echoed Glazer’s news.) Glazer said the team is still trying to determine how long Johnson might miss, but it’s probably safe to assume he’s out for now.

On a personal level, it’s rough for Johnson, who has 814 yards rushing and has heavy incentives for yardage totals and also for a Pro Bowl berth (which was looking like a lock for a while there.) He had been slowed of late — he has just 138 yards rushing total the past three games — but he was still the starter and the guy the Cards were looking to to grind out yards.

On a team level, there was already a look toward rookie David Johnson since both Chris Johnson and Andre Ellington were hurting. Ellington has a turf toe, and his return is also up in the air. The Cards might be too deep in the season for IR-scheduled-to-return, so it’s an important question of when CJ can come back, or if he can come back. That’s a roster spot that’s valuable, especially with injuries piling up.

This will be short and sweet, because given the fact linebacker Daryl Washington has not been reinstated pretty much pointed this way, but Fox’s Jay Glazer said this morning on the network’s pregame show that Washington has “continued to have violations” in the NFL’s drug program while suspended under the policy of substances of abuse. Glazer also said there is some fear Washington’s career could be over. Again, I don’t think that should surprise anyone following this situation.

Meanwhile, the Cardinals have 2014 No. 1 draft pick Deone Bucannon doing a nice job in the inside linebacker spot that Washington used to man, the Cardinals currently have the No. 3-ranked defense in the NFL and the Cards are 7-2 and in first place in the NFC West. They host the Bengals tonight on “Sunday Night Football.”